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throneless

throneless adjective: without a throne.

Adjective

throneless (not comparable)

  1. Without a throne.
    • I wrung the promise of that bill from His Majesty whilst he was still a throneless wanderer.1923, Rafael Sabatini, chapter 3, in Fortune's Fool
    • In later myth, Confucius is often referred to as the "throneless ruler," the idea being that, if only he had been given a position of authority, he would have re-established the universal peace and order of the early Zhou.2003, Edward Slingerland, Confucius Analects, with selections from traditional commentaries, Indianapolis: Hackett, p. 230

Origin of throneless

From throne + -less.

Words formed from throneless

Questions about throneless

What does throneless mean?
Throneless means without a throne.
What part of speech is throneless?
Throneless is an adjective.

Words near throneless in the dictionary

  1. Throneberry
  2. Throneberrys
  3. throned
  4. thronedom
  5. thronedoms
  6. throneless
  7. thronelessness
  8. thronelet
  9. thronelets
  10. thronelike
  11. thronely

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